Search results for "paradox"

Twin paradox in curved spacetime

2022

The twin paradox has played an important role in the history of special relativity (SR). A precise calculation would require the application of the general theory of relativity (GR) but, neglecting the acceleration phases of the traveling twin, even in SR it is possible to find the correct solution without logical contradictions. Nowadays it is well known that the twin thought experiment seems a paradox as a consequence of a naive application of time dilation and the principle of relativity. The twin who goes on space travel is the one who, returning to the twin at rest, finds the aged brother. Continuing in this pedagogical tradition, we want to add a further consideration. In fact, the ex…

Evaluation of an Algorithm for Retrospective Hypoglycemia Detection Using Professional Continuous Glucose Monitoring Data.

2014

Background: People with type 1 diabetes (T1D) are unable to produce insulin and thus rely on exogenous supply to lower their blood glucose. Studies have shown that intensive insulin therapy reduces the risk of late-diabetic complications by lowering average blood glucose. However, the therapy leads to increased incidence of hypoglycemia. Although inaccurate, professional continuous glucose monitoring (PCGM) can be used to identify hypoglycemic events, which can be useful for adjusting glucose-regulating factors. New pattern classification approaches based on identifying hypoglycemic events through retrospective analysis of PCGM data have shown promising results. The aim of this study was to…

An Ethnographic Exploration of Southern Norwegian Second-Hand Cultures

2019

Master's thesis Global development and planning UT506 - University of Agder 2019 n this era of online shops and big retail shops, second-hand markets still exist in many places, including in Norway. Second-hand markets in this thesis consist of flea markets and second-hand shops. Flea markets open in spring, summer, and autumn in Southern Norway. These markets are established by various communities, clubs, and organizations. Some flea markets are also opened by individuals. On the other hand, thrift shops or bruktbutikker open through year. Second-hand shops are also established by non-profit organizations or individuals. This study explores the culture of second-hand marketsin Southern Nor…

A new paradox of the digital economy - Structural sources of the limitation of GDP statistics

2018

The Internet has dramatically changed the way we conduct business and our daily lives by provided us with unprecedented services and conveniences. However, contrary to such accomplishments, productivity in industrialized countries is now experiences an apparent decline. This has raised the question of a possible productivity paradox in the digital economy. The limitation of GDP statistics in measuring the advancement of the digital economy has thus become an important subject. This paper analyzed the structural sources of this problem. Utilizing the results of empirical analyses of national, industrial, and individual behavior in the digital economy, solutions to these critical issues were …

The Structure of Self-Consciousness: A Fourteenth-Century Debate

2007

Gender Equality and Maternal Burnout: A 40-Country Study

2022

International audience; In Western countries, recent decades have witnessed a revolution toward gender equality. Inequalities have been greatly reduced in areas such as education or employment. Because inequalities lead to distress, this development has largely benefited women. One notable exception is the realm of parenting, which has remained rife with inequalities even in the most egalitarian countries. We hypothesized that experiencing inequality in parenting when one holds egalitarian values and raising a child in a country characterized by a high level of gender equality in other areas, increases mothers’ psychological distress in the specific area of parenting. Multilevel modeling an…

Efficient on-the-fly Web bot detection

2021

Abstract A large fraction of traffic on present-day Web servers is generated by bots — intelligent agents able to traverse the Web and execute various advanced tasks. Since bots’ activity may raise concerns about server security and performance, many studies have investigated traffic features discriminating bots from human visitors and developed methods for automated traffic classification. Very few previous works, however, aim at identifying bots on-the-fly, trying to classify active sessions as early as possible. This paper proposes a novel method for binary classification of streams of Web server requests in order to label each active session as “bot” or “human”. A machine learning appro…

Bioreactivity of Resveratrol Toward Inflammation Processes

2014

Grape polyphenols are abundant. They play essential roles in the vine’s life, particularly in its defense mechanisms. Interestingly, the grape, fresh or dried, is a widely consumed fruit by humans, as are its processed products, grape juice and wine. Moreover, they contain vast and highly varied quantities of polyphenols. Like other phytophenols, grape and wine resveratrol is considered a protective micronutrient like flavonoids, epicatechins in green tea and cocoa, quercetin in apples and onions, curcumin of the turmeric root, and hydroxytyrosol in olive oil. Resveratrol is a powerful natural antioxidant in vine. Interestingly, in humans, it protects low density lipoproteins against oxidat…

A comparative study of the wine fermentation performance of Saccharomyces paradoxus under different nitrogen concentrations and glucose/fructose rati…

2010

8 pages, 1 figure, 4 tables.-- Online version published: May 2009.-- The definitive version is available at www3.interscience.wiley.com

Sulle tracce del manticora. La zoologia dei confini del mondo in Grecia e a Roma

2003

Uno studio sulla zoologia fantastica in Grecia e a Roma. Attraverso l’analisi di tutte le versioni della rappresentazione relativa al manticora, favoloso animale con la testa di uomo, il corpo di leone e la coda di scorpione, si mostrano i meccanismi della trasmissione del sapere paradossografico all’interno del genere della Naturalis Historia degli antichi.